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Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska began her Australian Open
preparations in winning style, accounting for 2010 champion Yanina
Wickmayer to claim the Auckland Classic title on Saturday.

The world number four, who had not dropped a set throughout the
tournament on the central Auckland courts, beat the 23-year-old
Belgian 6-4 6-4 to claim her 11th WTA tour title.

Both players had trouble with their serve in the first set, with
Wickmayer, who had problems with her ball toss in the windy
conditions, broken in just the third game of the set.

The Belgian, however, managed to get back into the match when
she broke to level at 4-4 only for Radwanska to break back
immediately and then serve out to take the set in 45 minutes.

Wickmayer, who was told by her coach to start treating the game
as a practice session and just go for her shots and not worry about
the Pole's retrieving ability, made a strong start in the second
set taking a 2-0 lead.

Radwanska's consistency under pressure, however, proved the
telling point in the second set, constantly putting the ball back
into play and waiting for the tall Belgian to make errors.

Wickmayer, whose emotions bubbled over as she became
increasingly frustrated at the numerous errors she was committing,
managed to delay the inevitable when she saved four match points on
her own serve in the ninth game of the set, but was unable to stop
Radwanska from sealing the title in the next game in 95
minutes.